
Imperfect Tense
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Mrs. S. Kotch
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El imperfecto
The ongoing past
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The Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense is best expressed as "used to" or was/were doing something in English. It has some other uses in Spanish as well.
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Multiple Select
check the imperfect endings
-aba
-é
-íais
-amos
-ían
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Regular Imperfect
The endings are added to the stem of the verb like present and preterit tense.
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Hablar- used to speak/was speaking
hablaba
hablabas
hablaba
hablábamos
hablabais
hablaban
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "Juan used to speak."?
Juan está hablando.
Juan hablaba.
Juan habló
Juan usado hablar.
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Comer- used to eat/was eating
comía
comías
comía
comíamos
comíais
comían
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "María was eating."?
María comió.
María comaba.
María comía.
Maria come.
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Imperfect Irregulars
There are only 3 irregular verbs in the imperfect tense:
Ser, Ir and Ver
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Multiple Select
Check all of the verbs that are irregular in the imperfect tense.
ser
estar
tener
ver
Ir
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Ser- used to be/ was being
era
eras
era
éramos
erais
eran
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Multiple Choice
How do you say I used to be blond."?
Yo soy rubia.
Yo fui rubia.
Yo estaba rubia.
Yo era rubia.
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Ir-used to go/was going
iba
ibas
iba
íbamos
ibais
iban
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "We were going to school."?
Nosotros éramos ir a la escuela.
Nosotros íbamos a la escuela.
Nosotros vamos a la escuela.
Nosotros fuimos a la escuela.
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Ver- used to see/ was seeing
veía
veías
veía
veíamos
veíais
veían
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "They used to see the movies."?
Ellos veían las películas.
Ellos ven las películas.
Ellos vieron las películas.
Ellos usado ver las películas.
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Multiple Select
Check all that apply: How do you say "Sara vivía en Búfalo" in English?
Sara lives in Buffalo.
Sara used to live in Buffalo.
Sara will live in Buffalo.
Sara was living in Buffalo.
El imperfecto
The ongoing past
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